The Corps of Engineers opened the spillways for testing at Lake Thurmond Dam Thursday afternoon, July, 11. A sizable crowd, estimated to be in the thousands, was on hand to see the event. The test of the Thurmond Dam spillways followed the opening of the upstream reservoir spillways at Lake Russell and Lake Hartwell. All […]
NEWBERRY, S.C. – Raymond Kiefer Wicker, 83, of Newberry, formerly of Chappells, died July 9, 2013. Born June 27, 1930 in Newberry, South Carolina, Ray was the son of the late Laurence David and Ruth Dominick Wicker. He lived in Newberry until his graduation from Newberry College in 1951. Upon his graduation, Ray became an […]
– By Anne Sawyer – The power went out for some on Martintown Road this morning, Thursday, July 11, before five a.m., which stirred one family in the Merriwether neighborhood to suspect that a tree had fallen as many have done so with the heavy rains. Indeed, a tree had fallen across the road and hit […]
The Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society and Old Edgefield District African American Genealogical Society are hosting a “Southern Studies Showcase” in Edgefield on September 20 and 21, 2013. Genealogical and historical societies from all over South Carolina and parts of Georgia are being invited to participate in this two-day event. Last year the Showcase brought […]
Johnston Farmer’s & Artist’s Market every Thursday, from 4 – 6 p.m. in front of the Library/Warehouse on Calhoun Street. (Next week it will be open July 3, Wednesday). Edgefield Farmers Arts and Crafts Market: On the Town Square every Sat. through first Sat. in Sept. 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. $5 per day. For more info call […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Amanda Aminee Garrett Evins departed this life on Monday, July 8, 2013 at University Hospital in Augusta, Ga. Aminee was the last surviving daughter of the late Tandy and Cleora Garrett of Edgefield, S.C. Arrangements are incomplete.
Two from Edgefield County participated in the much-written-about and much-talked-about reenactment of the Civil War Battle at Gettysburg which took place over a 3-day period, the weekend of June 27-30. Rob Keck and his son-in-law Curtis Wright were among those who came together with10,000, in all, representing both sides of the action in that memorable […]
Mike Harling and his father Jack Harling are pictured at Cut and Shoot City which is 20 miles north of Houston, Texas, where Mike lives and where Jack and Margaret Harling enjoyed visiting their son from June 25-July1. A few other highlights that Jack mentions were the Texas Gun Show and hearing the preaching of […]
Edgefield County residents, Nicole Jackson, Abbie Miller and Parker Wilkes, were among a select group of high school juniors and seniors from around the state who recently participated in the 2013 South Carolina Farm Bureau (SCFB) Youth Leadership Conference. The annual conference was held on the campus of Newberry College and featured a number of […]
Alas! Hattie Watson’s Columns have run their course and her books have been published, two of them for readers to keep in their libraries. We have spent the late spring and early summer letting go that popular column, getting the news out about her new book, and feeling regret that we will not be reading […]